Pneumatic toy.



W. W. RUTTER..

PNEUMATIC TOY.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT- 27'. l9l6 1,242,870. Patented Oct. 9,1917.

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WILLIAM WALTER BUTTER, or nn'ivi'onron, ALnnaTA, Oman i am.

rniiUMATIc TOY.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, WILLIAM WALTER BUTTER, a subject of the King of Great Britain, and residing at Edmonton, in the Province of Alberta, Dominion of Canada, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Pneumatic Toys, of which the following is a full description.

This invention relates to improvements in toys of the pneumatic type and the objects of the invention are to provide adevice for exercising and developing the lungs while at the same tim e affording a source of amusement to the user, and generally to simplify the toy and render the several parts better adapted to perform the functions required of them, and it consists essentially of the improved construction particularly described and set forth in the following specification and accompanying drawings forming part of the same.

In the drawings,

Figure 1 is a side elevation of the improved toy.

Fig. 2 is a fragmentary longitudinal section of the same.

Like characters of reference refer to like parts in all the figures.

Referring to the drawings, A represents I the improved toy comprising the tubular member 10 reduced at one end to form a -mouth piece 11, the other end terminating in the wall 12.

The tubular member carries intermediate of its length a cup 13 through the stem 14 'of which a conduit 15 extends communicat- ,the tubular member 10 is a supporting memher 17 provided intermediate of its len th with a curvilinear or semi-circular ofi set ortion, 18 and terminating in the upper end n an overhanging hook member 19, the obects of which will. be made clear hereafter.

' The cup 13 is designed to support the ball 20 through which the wire 21 diametrically extends, the lower end of the wire being designed to pass through the conduit15 and engage with the depression 16, while the upper end terminates in an-eyelet 22 adapted under certain circumstances to be engaged to the hook 19.

I Specifiation of Letters Patent.

The assembly of the toy will readily Patented Oct. 9', 1917. Application filed September 27, 1916. Serial no. 122,509. i

understood from the foregoin description.

When the toy is in use the ba 20 is located "in the cup 13 with the wire 21-passing through the conduits 15 and engagin the depression 16, and when the operator p aces. the end 1-1 of the tubular member 10 in his wardly, and since the upper eyelet 22 is slightly heavier than the lower end of the wire 21 the ball will tip and the said eyelet engage with thehook 19, assuming theposition shown by the" dotted lines in 1.

The height tO 'WlliCh thelball 20 is displaced will depend on the wind pressure acting on the same, so that-the user of the toy will have to regulate the said pressure and this will aiford plenty of scope for amusement while at the same time developing the lungs. i

As many changes couldbe made inthe above construction and many apparently widely different. embodiments of my invention within the scope of the claims constructed without departing from the spirit or scope thereof, it is intended that all matter contained in the accompanying specification and drawings shall' be interpreted-as illustrative and nor in a limiting sense.

hat I claim as my invention is: 1. A toy of the class described comprising a tubular member terminating in a closed end, a cup inount'e-il on the tubular member and provided with a conduit communicating with tho-tubular member, a ball co-acting I with the cap, a wire extending diametrically through and beyond the ball terminating at the upper end in an eyelet which upper projection more than balances the lower projection and a suspending member mounted on the tubular member wholly disposcd laterally of the ball anddesigned to coact with the said eyelet. i

2. A toy of the class described comprisin r a tubular member terminating in a close end, and having a depression in the bottoin, a cup located above the'said depression, a ball coacting with the cup, a member extcnding diametrically through and beyond the ball and engaging on the lower end with the depression and terminating at the upper end in an eyelet which upper projection more than balances the lower projection and a suspending member mounted on iio the tubular member designed to coact with the eyelet.

3. A toy of the class described comprisin a tubular member terminating in a close end, a suspending member operativel connected to the closed end and provide with an intermediate curvilinear portion and terminating at the upper end in an overhanging hook, 21 cup on the tubular member, a ball com-ting with the cup, said hook being late-rally disposed to the ball and ii member neemwo extending diametrieally through and beyond the ball provided with an eyelet on the upper end designed to comet with the said book which upper project-ion more than 5 balances the lower projection.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of two Witnesses.

WILLIAM \VALTER BUTTER. Witnesses Geo. V. Cnmmrsox,

C. M. BOYTON. 

